Ukraine says oil transit to Europe suspended until Monday

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine’s pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta confirmed on Friday that Russian oil flows transiting it to Europe were suspended, but said normal oil transmission would resume from Monday.

Belarusian state oil company Belnefthekhim said earlier that Russian oil transit flows to Ukraine had been suspended because the country was still struggling to process contaminated crude it received last month.

Reporting by Natalia Zinets in Kiev and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber in Moscow; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Dale Hudson